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We are still at the very beginning of September and already much regulatory change is brewing for AIFMs and UCITS funds.

ESMA has announced that its newsletter is now back.

The FCA estimates that over three quarters of the UK population are exposed to the asset management sector either directly, or via their pensions.

ESMA has recently published a consultation paper on the compliance function requirements that are set out in the revised Markets in Financial Instruments package under MiFID II.

In this blog, we look at how we assess regulatory change. In our subsequent blogs we will look how this change is managed.

On the 4 June 2019, ESMA published updated Q&As for both AIFMD and UCITS.

At AQMETRICS we know that we need to offer flexibility to both large asset service providers and hedge funds alike across our applications.

On 21 February the UK Treasury published its preparations for a no-deal Brexit called the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

Policy Statement PS19/5sets out the rules for firms and operators, depositories and trustees of EEA-domiciled funds in the temporary permissions regime.

ESMA released a statement on the 19th March regarding the trading obligation for shares (under Article 23 of MiFID) in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The Irish funds industry recently got a breakthrough in its efforts to establish Ireland as a European domicile for private equity funds.

The Central Bank of Ireland has issued the third markets update of 2019 on 7th March this year.

Last week the ALFI European Asset Management Conference took place in Luxembourg.

ESMA issues astatementon its approach to MiFID II/MiFIR and Benchmark (BMR) provisions in the event of a No Deal Brexit.

The draft guidance is based on the stress testing requirements set out in Directive 2011/61/EU and on the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) 2018 set of recommendations to address liquidity and leverage risk in investment funds (the ESRB recommendations).

The FCA has published their expectations for firms, trading venues and ARMs under the MiFID II Transaction Reporting regime, in the event of a hard Brexit.

How will law in the UK affect UCITS funds after the 29th March 2019? This is the big question that none of us currently have the answer to.

A look at five ways innovation can create a resilient MiFID II transaction reporting framework.

The CBI investigations into UCITS funds have been sparked by concerns raised by the Paris based European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA).

Following years of planning and implementation for MiFIR, it is time to pause and consider the lessons learned from the compliance process and the ongoing considerations in this evolving regulatory environment.